Topic|Kansas

If Just Food can raise $30,000 by September 30th, they will receive an additional 30,000 from two challenge grants, $25,000 from an anonymous community member and $5,000 from Peoples Bank. The matching grants are meant to get the local organization out of the hole created by its former director, Jeremy Farmer, and continue its mission to help those in need in Douglas County. Read More »

Peoples Bank is pleased to announce the addition of Steve Summers as a Mortgage Banker.

Summers is familiar with competition. Prior to his mortgage career, he was a member of the Kansas City Comets. In 2004, he left soccer and became a full time mortgage lender. Most recently he worked at Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Chase and First Mortgage Solutions. Read More »

Circle your calendars for next Saturday, because you won’t want to miss it. Santa and Mrs. Claus are taking a break and stopping in for some of Peoples Bank’s famous chocolate chip cookies. There will be free photos taken with Santa and we’ll also have games for the kids.

Peoples Bank has hired lifelong Ottawa resident Katie Butts as a Mortgage Banker. Katie has lived in Ottawa, KS most of her life and has been very involved with the community at many levels. Her degree is in counseling and she has a strong sales background as well.Read More »

The year was2009. My husband and I had recently bought our first home and wanted to take advantage of the recession-era refinancing opportunities. At the time, we banked at a Goliath Bank (which we won’t name), and knew we didn’t want to refinance with them. We searched all over town for someone who would refinance our FHA loan and found Peoples Bank. We had a great experience….

2010 – Fast forward a year. We were pregnant with our first child, and a friend who worked at Peoples wanted to throw us a baby shower. Where else, but in the Peoples Bank lobby….

…sometimes it’s easy to lose. The other week I was heading home from a longer-than-typical day at work. The Kansas air was humid with three-digit temperatures, and brought with it a sense of stillness. I drove east, heading for the sanctuary of my home. It’s a small one bedroom loft, but it’s mine; and more importantly…it’s safe.

But what if I had no where to drive to?

What if my only option for safety was to leave my home for a charmless room belonging to someone unknown?

Banking Unusual is coming to beautiful Downtown Lawrence, Kansas!! And it’s being kicked off with a free concert by The Fabulous Thunderbirds. Peoples Bank announced plans for their newest location at 8th and New Hampshire in the former Marketplace building. The remodeled building will be called Peoples Place, with tenants Peoples Bank and Lawrence’s newest Sandbar Sub.Read More »